Catherine Cookson: Child of the Tyne

by Kathleen Jones

Catherine Cookson was an illegitimate child brought up in one of the poorest places in the western world. She left school at 13 to become a domestic servant and was later employed in a workhouse laundry. Yet she became one of the best selling novelists of all time and one of the richest women in Britain. Her story is as fascinating as any of her novels, with a plot that includes abandonment, abuse, alcoholism, extreme poverty, and a love affair...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0993204597
• ISBN13: 9780993204593
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Book Mill
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"